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Colloborating with equine facilitators to assist and restore peace and harmony. Workshops,one on one sessions,drumming circles, Native American traditions

I invite all those who are interested in awakening to spend time in the beautiful Sonoran Desert with the herd and I. Peace, calmness and tranquility are the words most used to describe my healing ranch, Desert Awakenings. After working as a social worker for 25 years using these principals, I am honored to share and reflect with others in an environment that supports our ability to awaken. Through this process we remember what we already know. As an awakening guide I allow myself to be as a "hollow bone" letting spirit or energy run through me as an instrument to act as a guide only - allowing you to discover your own answers. I am not a counselor or therapist, I'm here to assist in the awakening process. I have found thru my native traditions and other spiritual practices a way that has awakened me if I practice these simple but profound principles. It started with my own searching and as they say "you only teach what you need to learn", thru my own self-discovery I was asked to share with others and have been humbled and honored to do so. In the last 7 years, I have incorporated my team members Tewa, xena and Stormy to assist in healing and opening hearts. These beautiful horses have healed my heart and I am excited to share their profound wisdom and healing abilities with you. We are looking forward to meeting you. Please come and join in this miraculous healing journey back to your true self with the assistance and guidance of Native American teachings and the sentient herd. Leave Desert Awakenings with the rememberance and peace of mind that you know what is best for you. When you discover your spirit you are able to see the spirit in others, henceforth having more compassion, making this world a better one.

10/29/2026

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10/25/2026

10/19/2026

Some arrive at Halloween parties on a broomstick… horse people prefer four hooves and a flowing mane. 🖤💜🐴

White skeleton details, a dramatic black-and-purple dress and one magnificent horse—this pair certainly know how to make an entrance! 🎃✨

Although the horse is probably wondering whether all this dressing up comes with extra carrots. 🥕😂

What would you and your horse dress up as for Halloween?

09/25/2026

Wade Tolliver saddled the gray horse at 11 at night with lightning coming across the flats west of Casper, Wyoming, because the dog hadn't come home.

Tuck is a 13-year-old heeler who's worked cattle with Wade since Tuck was a pup. The thunder that evening had sent Tuck bolting out the barn door, and that was three hours before.

Wade is 78. He's run cattle on that ground for 50 years and knows what a storm does to an old dog out in the open. The legs keep going until they quit, and then the dog lies down wherever that happens to be.

A pickup was no good out there. There are washes you can't see at night until you're in them.

He rode out with a headlamp and a rain slicker over the saddle, and every few minutes he'd call, stop the horse and listen. The rain came in sideways for the first hour.

A little after 1 in the morning, the horse stopped on its own at the edge of a dry creek bed about 3 miles north of the house and wouldn't go on.

Tuck was down in the wash under a cutbank, soaked through and shaking, with a front paw cut open on the rocks.

Wade got down, lifted the dog up across the front of the saddle and climbed back on behind. He rode home at a walk with one hand on the reins and the other flat on Tuck's back the whole way.

They got in a little before 3. His wife had the kitchen light on and a towel warming on the stove.

The paw took six stitches. Tuck stays in the house now when the sky goes dark in the west, on a rug by the kitchen door.

09/25/2026

Among the Northern Arapaho, working with a frightened or untrained horse relied heavily on voice, scent, and steady physical presence rather than force or rushed handling.

Trainers, often women as much as men, spent extended time simply standing near a nervous horse, allowing the animal to grow accustomed to their presence before ever attempting to touch or lead it. This patient approach reduced the risk of injury to both horse and handler and tended to produce calmer, more reliable animals over time.

The Northern Arapaho share the Wind River Reservation with the Eastern Shoshone, an arrangement established in 1878 that placed two historically distinct nations on the same land, a situation that required ongoing cooperation despite different governance structures and cultural practices. Horses remained central to both nations' daily life and identity well into the reservation era, and gentling knowledge like this was passed down carefully within families.

That same quiet, sound-based approach to earning a horse's trust reflects skill built on patience rather than dominance.

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Sonoran Desert
Phoenix, AZ

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+14804891925

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http://www.desertawakenings.com/

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